ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,306, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Semiconductor device active region profile and method of forming the same" was invented by Feng-Ching Chu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Wei-Yang Lee (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Chia-Pin Lin (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. An exemplary method of manufacture comprises receiving a substrate including a semiconductor material stack formed thereon, wherein the semiconductor material stack includes a first semiconductor layer of a first semiconductor material and...